“Going After the Big Bucks”
Eliza Newlin Carney on the argument to free up political parties in the campaign finance arena.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“How Bernie built a fundraising juggernaut”
Vogel:
Indeed, Sanders’ campaign has melded its fundraising into its core mission in a way that is without precedent in American political history. It’s more than a means to an end. It is the purpose of his campaign ―… Continue reading
“Obama Urges Action on Democracy Reform”
Brennan Center:
During remarks to the Illinois General Assembly today, President Obama called for broad democracy reform, including reducing barriers to voting, implementing automatic voter registration, changing the way our districts are drawn, and seeking reasonable limits on the… Continue reading
“‘More corporate money in our elections’: Believe it or not, big money is about to get even more powerful”
I talk to Elias Isquith of Salon about Super PACs, the Crossroads GPS determination, and Plutocrats United.
“California’s landmark campaign finance law needs an update”
Oped by Jodi Remke, chair of the FPPC, on efforts to update the Ca Political Reform Act.
I Talk to Above the Law About Dirty Tricks, Money in Politics and More
Listen to the scintillating conversation with Elie Mystal and Joe Patrice.
Subjecting Plutocrats United to the “Page 99 Test”
What can you learn about a book from turning to page 99 in it?
I explore this as to Plutocrats United at the Page 99 Test blog:
He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book,… Continue reading
“Funny or Die Made a Trump Biopic, Starring Johnny Depp”
NYT:
The humor website Funny or Die on Wednesday began streaming a 50-minute comedy that finds Mr. Depp portraying the businessman turned politician, full-blown comb-over and all. Kept a secret for months — no small task in Hollywood —… Continue reading
“Beyond Campaign Finance Reform”
Tatatha Abu el-Haj has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The average American voter is apathetic, ignorant and polarized, or so we are told. Except, it turns out, with respect to her views on the outsized political… Continue reading
“The great money-in-politics myth”
Dylan Matthews for Vox.
Sanders is the most vocal exponent of this critique currently, but he’s hardly the only one. At least since the progressive movement of the early 1900s, a prominent strain of American liberalism has identified the undue… Continue reading
“North Carolina’s Tainted 2016 Primary Election”
Brentin Mock for CityLab.
“Jeb’s Campaign-Finance Solution Falls Flat with Reform Advocates”
Justin Miller for TAP.
“As Candidates Vie For the ‘Anti-Establishment’ Label, Real Establishment Lives On”
“Public campaign funding is so broken that candidates turned down $292 million in free money”
Kathy Kiely piece for WaPo.